Abstract: A woven fabric including: a first region where a first fiber as an optical fiber is woven with a second fiber as a non-optical fiber; a second region adjacent to the first region, in which the first fiber is not woven; and a third region adjacent to the second region, in which the first fiber is connected to a light source.

Abstract: An excrement treatment material includes a plurality of granules that absorb excrement. Each granule includes a granular core portion, and a coating portion. The core portion has a circular cross-section, and has a function of absorbing and retaining the excrement. The coating portion coats the core portion. The coating portion has a function of causing the plurality of granules, which have absorbed the excrement, to adhere to each other. In a cross-section of each granule that is in the same plane as the cross-section of the core portion, a thickness of the coating portion on one side of the core portion is smaller than a thickness of the coating portion on another side of the core portion.

Abstract: A water absorption treatment material absorbs a liquid, and includes a grain. The grain has a water absorbing property. The grain is in an obliquely-cut columnar shape having a side surface, and first and second bottom surfaces.

Abstract: An excrement treatment material is constituted by a water-repellent grain. The grain exhibits a first color before being used, and exhibits a second color that is different from the first color when it is time to replace the grain.

Abstract: An excrement treatment material includes a plurality of grains, and a packaging bag. The grains are grains for treating excrement. The plurality of grains are housed in the packaging bag. The packaging bag is provided with odor eliminating property or deodorizing property.

Abstract: A toilet laying material is constituted by a granule. The granule is made of a chemically-integrated resin. A recess is formed in the surface of the granule.

Abstract: A skin material for vehicle interior is bonded to a resinous vehicle interior base. The skin material for vehicle interior includes a woven fabric woven by using synthetic resin fibers, side emission type optical fibers, and heat fusible fibers as warps or wefts. The synthetic resin fibers and the side emission type optical fibers adjacent to the synthetic resin fibers are bonded in respective longitudinal directions thereof by the heat fusible fibers. Even when a plurality of the side emission type optical fibers are woven between the adjacent synthetic resin fibers, the adjacent side emission type optical fibers may be bonded to each other in the longitudinal direction by the heat fusible fibers. The heat fusible fibers may be obtained by twisting multifilaments and heat fusion yarns having a melting point lower than that of the multifilaments, and the multifilaments remain as constituent yarns after the bonding.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water absorption treatment material that has a structure suitable for obtaining a high level of water disintegrability. A water absorption treatment material is a water absorption treatment material that absorbs a liquid, and includes a granular core portion and a coating layer portion. The granular core portion has a granular shape. The granular core portion contains a first water-absorbent polymer. The coating layer portion covers the granular core portion. The coating layer portion contains a second water-absorbent polymer. The second water-absorbent polymer has a mean particle size smaller than the mean particle size of the first water-absorbent polymer.

Abstract: The manufacturing method includes a granulation step. The granulation step is a step of forming a plurality of granules by performing extrusion granulation on a granulation material using a granulation machine. The granulation machine includes a die. A plurality of through holes that allow the granulation material to pass therethrough are formed in the die. The plurality of through holes include first through holes having a first diameter, and second through holes having a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter.

Abstract: A water absorption treatment material absorbs a liquid containing a malodorous substance, and includes a first grain and a second grain. The first grain contains a metal having a deodorizing function. The second grain does not contain a metal having a deodorizing function.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a water absorption treatment material made of a plurality of grains includes a preparing step, a pulverizing step, a core portion forming step, and a coating portion forming step. The preparing step is a step of preparing a paper powder to which water-absorbent polymers adhere, the paper powder being derived from a sanitary product. The pulverizing step is a step of pulverizing remaining polymers using a pulverizer. The core portion forming step is a step of forming a core portion constituting each of the grains The coating portion forming step is a step of forming a coating portion so as to cover the core portion, the coating portion containing the paper powder, and the remaining polymers pulverized in the pulverizing step. In the pulverizing step, the remaining polymers left in a state of adhering to the paper powder are subjected to the pulverizer.

Abstract: There is provided a skin material for vehicle interior, which is woven from a side emission type optical fiber and a synthetic resin fiber, forms a design surface in a vehicle compartment and functions as an illumination. The skin material for vehicle interior is a skin material 10 for vehicle interior including a woven fabric woven by using a synthetic resin fiber and a side emission type optical fiber as warp or weft, wherein the ratio (dS/df) of the fineness (dS) of the synthetic resin fiber to the fineness (df) of the side emission type optical fiber ranges from 1.5 to 7.0. When the synthetic resin fiber is a multifilament 11, the ratio (dS1/df) of the fineness (dS1) thereof to the fineness (df) of the side emission type optical fiber 3 ranges from 2.0 to 7.0. Also, when the synthetic resin fiber is a monofilament, the ratio (dS2/df) of the fineness (dS2) thereof to the fineness (df) of the side emission type optical fiber ranges from 1.5 to 6.0.

Abstract: A water absorption treatment material absorbs a liquid containing a malodorous substance, and includes a first grain and a second grain. The first grain consists essentially of a porous material having an action of deodorizing the malodorous substance. The second grain contains a water-absorptive material other than the porous material as its main material.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus includes a granulation machine. The granulation machine forms granules by performing extrusion granulation on a granulation material. The granulation machine includes a die. In the die, a die hole that allows the granulation material to pass therethrough is formed. An outlet opening surface of the die hole has a polygonal shape.

Abstract: A kitchen garbage treatment material absorbs moisture contained in kitchen garbage, and is constituted by grains. The grains contain a water-absorbent material. The water-absorbent material is constituted by at least one of fluff pulp and water-absorbent polymer that have been obtained by separating plastic from a sanitary product that contains the plastic, the fluff pulp, and the water-absorbent polymer.

Abstract: The manufacturing method includes a granulation step. The granulation step is a step of forming a plurality of granules by performing extrusion granulation on a granulation material using a granulation machine. The granulation machine includes a die and a roller. A through hole that allows the granulation material to pass therethrough is formed in the die. The roller pushes the granulation material into the through hole while rolling on the surface of the die. In the granulation step, low-speed pushing in which the granulation material is pushed while the roller rolls at a first speed, and high-speed pushing in which the granulation material is pushed while the roller rolls at a second speed that is higher than the first speed are executed.

Abstract: Provided is a water absorption treatment material and a method for manufacturing the same, according to which a clump can be formed after use without incurring a decrease in water absorptivity. A water absorption treatment material includes a granular core portion and an embedded portion. A recessed portion is formed on the surface of the granular core portion. The embedded portion is provided in the recessed portion of the granular core portion. The embedded portion contains an adhesive material.

Abstract: An excrement treatment material includes a plurality of granules, and a packaging bag. The granules are granules for treating excrement. The plurality of granules are accommodated in the packaging bag. A partition member is provided in the packaging bag. The partition member partitions the interior of the packaging bag into a first space and a second space, and has a hole that does not allow the granules to pass through. The plurality of granules are accommodated, among the first space and the second space, only in the first space.

Abstract: A toilet includes a box-shaped main body part into which urine is excreted. The main body part has a bottom surface part and a side surface part. An opening through which the urine passes is in the side surface part. The bottom surface part is inclined such that the urine excreted into the main body part flows to the opening.

Abstract: A woven fabric including: a fixing region where an optical fiber of a seventh fiber is held, and a light emitting region where the optical fiber of the seventh fiber is included to emit light. The woven fabric includes: aback layer in which a first fiber, a second fiber, and a sixth fiber are woven; a surface layer in which a third fiber, a fourth fiber, and a fifth fiber are woven; and the optical fiber arranged in a space of an intermediate layer between the surface layer and the back layer.